South Africa to start jabs for kids as young as 12
Johannesburg – South Africa will begin vaccinating children as young as 12 next week and also offer Covid-19 boosters against... Read more
15 Oct, 2021
US to open land borders to vaccinated travellers in November
Washington – The United States will open its land borders with Mexico and Canada in early November to non-essential travellers... Read more
13 Oct, 2021
Burundi expects first Covid vaccines in weeks
Nairobi – Burundi, one of the last three countries in the world to start inoculating its population against Covid-19, said... Read more
8 Oct, 2021
UK to recognise SA’s vaccine certificate as it removes it from its red list
Cape Town – The Minister of Health Joe Phaahla has welcomed the removal of South Africa from the United... Read more
8 Oct, 2021
Unequal Covid-19 jabs roll-out immoral, stupid, says UN chief
Geneva – The UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday branded rich nations’ vaccine hogging as immoral and stupid, saying... Read more
8 Oct, 2021
‘We need vaccines now’: African singers urge donations
Abuja – Popular African singers Angelique Kidjo and Davido on Monday called on G20 leaders scheduled to meet later this... Read more
4 Oct, 2021
US biotech billionaire to make Covid, cancer vaccines in South Africa
Johannesburg – Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Thursday said he will begin transferring technology to make Covid-19 and cancer vaccines... Read more
24 Sep, 2021
The race to vaccinate: Why Africa is struggling to get Covid jabs
Johannesburg – Vaccines were promoted as a silver bullet to end the pandemic, the path to finally beating Covid-19.... Read more
21 Sep, 2021
Amanda Black demands Q&A session with SA govt over vaccine passports
Cape Town – Singer and songwriter Amanda Black has taken to social media to demand a question and answer... Read more
21 Sep, 2021
China fully vaccinates more than 1 billion people
China has fully vaccinated more than one billion people against the coronavirus – 71 % of its population –... Read more
16 Sep, 2021
